UEA weekend- Saturday

On Saturday, we had a pumpkin carving/birthday party at the Dawson's. We went and picked out some pumpkins... being so close to Halloween it was definitely slim pickins. Luckily the kids didn't care, they just picked the biggest ones, and it was fun to see them try and heft their pumpkins to the cash register.

I caught Carly throwing woodchips at Fisher

she said she was sorry

carving and painting

a few of the pumpkins

Hailey liked to escape down the sidewalk

Hailey was so tired, so Grandma Sharla took a nap with her

Kaitlyn and Fisher both turned 8 in October. Fisher picked out the cakes and we had a party. It was so much fun being all together for a weekend.

UEA weekend- Friday

We had another fun filled day on Friday.
Lola, Grandma and Grandpa Dawson's new dog, needed a bath. The kids wanted to go to Pet smart to watch her be groomed, and to pick out the color of her toe nail polish. The kids loved it, and came home with a list of animals that we could get for pets.

Lola's the white fluffy one
Hailey LOVES Lola, and was trying to get to her

checking out the turtles

I never knew that the kids would be so entertained at pet smart

Later that evening, we had my niece's baptism to attend. Ben's brother, Fred, and his family live in Indiana, and came to Utah to baptize their daughter. The kids were so excited to be around cousins that they don't see too often.

Porter and Carly were running and standing in front of the vacuum while Grandpa was trying to clean up.

Luke and Fisher really are the best of buddies

Abigail was so excited for her girl cousins to come and visit.

Logan, Grandma, and Abigail

Luke, Fisher, and the newly baptized, Kaitlyn

more kids wanted in on the picture

Hailey was loving all the excitement and just followed the herd of kids around the room.

UEA weekend- Thursday

this year, we waited until it was fall to go to the zoo. Luke declared Thursday to be the perfect day, since he was out of school for UEA. Although it was incredibly busy, it was worth it because it wasn't hot.

Jess and her kids, and my Mom came with us.

I love that I can finally do her hair in pigtails. It's my favorite.

Abigail was just having an off day, she didn't want to be by us... at the time, I thought she was just grouchy, but it turned out to be strep throat. Since then, we've all had a turn with it except Luke.

Stopping for lunch

Carly's legs got too tired

Poor Abigail, I wish I had known she had strep. Adam's encouraging her to keep on walking. He was so concerned about her, and there I was just taking pictures.

I don't know what your kids' favorite part of the zoo is, but my kids love the maps. They carry them around all day, then for about a week afterwards. Carly was showing us where we were on her map.

Me and Jess with our girls. They are only six weeks apart, and they love to play together, most of the time.

We love the zoo!

Denver

We went to Denver for our annual Chargers game, and it did not dissappoint. We dropped Luke and Hailey off at my parents, and Abigail and Carly off at Ben's parents. Picked up my brothers, and we were off. I always look forward to any Road trips, they're my favorite, no matter where we're going. This one was especially great... no kids, and hanging out with Ben, Brent, and Jed all weekend. A few people have asked why we go to Denver instead of San Diego to watch the Chargers, well, it's because you can get half priced tickets at the Broncos stadium. Also, since the seats are so high up, they're pretty cheap.

My cousin and his wife, Austin and Shawnee, live just outside of Denver, so we stayed with them the first night. It was so great to hang out with them! There was a lot of laughing and eating, what could be better than that?!

We had the same crew as last year, my brothers and us. Next year we're hoping to find 8 people to go, since we have to buy tickets in groups of 4.

The weather was perfect! Which I was so thankful for. I am such a sissy when it comes to the cold.

In front of the stadium

See how high up we were? 5 rows from the top. Luke wanted to know why he didn't see us on tv during the game. Ya, why don't they bring cameras to the top?

We all had to have a picture in front of the field

I feel a little bit safer in cheering for the Chargers while having a Broncos fan in our group.

It was a close game, but the Chargers prevailed... 24 - 29

We stopped in Rock Springs for some Grubs. Ben and Brent have never been before, and everybody needs to go to Grubs once in their life.

Trying to look awesome with a mouthful of burger.

Firestation

Some friends in our ward, invited us to go to the fire station open house for family night. I didn't know this, but the North Ogden Fire station does it every year, with lots of fun stuff to do. Here's a few pictures of our fun night.Climbing all over the trucks

watching the kids climb all over the trucks... probably feeling a little left out.

He was so excited to spray the hose

Abigail, Sammi, Bridger, Luke, and Carly,
waiting in line to look at the helicopters

Riding in the fire truck, with her cute little crush, Bridger, in the background

She was a bit wary at first, but then really got into it

There was also a fire demonstration where they burnt down two little shelters one with fire sprinklers, and one without. I seriously want to get fire sprinklers now. The shelters were specifically built for this purpose, but Abigail thought people really lived in there and she was devastated that someone's house was burnt down.

We are definitely going to go again next year.